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Honduran Coup Resistance Grows
An interview with Sandra Cuffe, independent journalist reporting from the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras on the day the military opened fire on protesters. Tension peaked as unprecedented thousands marched to the airport to welcome the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a return that was thwarted by the military.
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"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected to meet Zelaya late Monday or early Tuesday, a Latin American president told The Miami Herald. And he may not like what he hears: The Obama administration is irked by the fact that Zelaya sought much of his advice from Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez." [McKlatchy]
However, Washington has joined leaders from across the Americas in trying to bring end to the crisis and seek Zelaya's return to Tegucigalpa. The Organization of American States, which has stated that Zelaya's return is not negotiable, is seeking a compromise with Honduran legislators and judges.
The
stakes are high: as early as Tuesday, Washington
may cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Honduras gets.
In the Peruvian Rain Forest a Few Weeks Ago the World Deserted the Indigenous human beings who live there. Against International Law and precedence three Canadian mining companies and three US oil firms moved to despoil the native lands.
Alone, the natives face machine guns. Washingtonians should remember Smedley Butler is dead. If Blackwater surrounds the Beltway, who will rescue the rascals?
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